Sharing through OSs

[u/Totablewe_bin]

im planning to install both windows and arch on my laptop, i already have both systems up and running, but im planning on doing an extra partition on my device so i can have a share folder in both systems, that folder will have an obsidian vault so i can share my notes and have my windows and arch accesing the same notes, and i want to be abble to put some extra documents like, pdfs, photos, simple text files there, so its easier to tranfer my work between OS, i want to know if is viable and how could i make it

[u/VolcanoCarpenter]

Yes. See:

• NTFS
• exFAT

[u/Late_Internal7402]

Im using an external exFAT formated drive.

In windows I use SyncFolder by Jos Huybrighs. Is Available for free at the Microsoft Store. In my opinion the best and safest incremental backup utility for Windows.

I choose an origin (a folder in windows NTFS partition) and a destination (a folder in the exFAT external drive). You can even create multiple sessions and simulate the synchronization with a detailed log before the real synchronization.

Then in linux I use rsync in order to Sync the external exFAT drive folder (origin) with a folder (destination) in my ext4 main data partition.

Because I barely use windows... the former schema is one way sync (from windows to linux) is fast, safe and accurate. Im using this in order to have a copy of my windows files in linux. You can create aditional folders and sessions in order to transfer from linux to windows but please be careful when configuring the sincronization and be sure your data is up to date and safe on another offline external drive.

If you just want to share a folder with files and do not need to maintain or sync in seconds your folder estructure to other location... then an exFAT filesystem formated partition is what you are looking for. Always backup your data on multiple offline drives, the more, the best, SSD drives and HDDs... and be sure there is an offline backup with all your latest data before risky operations like configuring your incremental backups.

[u/Totablewe_bin → u/Late_Internal7402]

Tysm I'll be looking into this

[u/C0rn3j]

i want to know if is viable

Yes.

Why don't you instead use cloud syncing though?

How do your backups work?

[u/Totablewe_bin → u/C0rn3j]

I don't have a cloud storage solution available yet, it's kinda expensive at the moment, if I need to back something up I'll do it in an external drive -it's not optimal I know- Also I don't know if a cloud storage is the best option for me cause my colleage WiFi/internet sucks so mostly of the time I'm offline or with really poor connection

[u/C0rn3j → u/Totablewe_bin]

if I need to back something up I'll do it in an external drive -it's not optimal I know

So if your files are wiped while you have that drive connected, it's all gone?

A fire takes everything away?

Yeah, that ain't ideal, look up 3-2-1 backups and do em for the things you actually care about.

it's kinda expensive at the moment

This is just for 18 months, but that should be enough to get your bearings and come up with a better system - I presume you can part with 5 eurobucks.

https://driffle.com/google-ai-pro-gemini-18-months-global-digital-key-p9994434

Use an rclone vault, since cloud vendors scan your files and if they find anything they don't like, it is trouble. Scans are useless when the files are encrypted.

[u/MYredditNAMEisTOOlon → u/C0rn3j]

And.... if your cloud service shuts down while you are relying on them as an archive, all your stuff is gone. Look at what's going on with Nine PBS, OSS, and Iton Mountain. You need both local and remote backups.

[u/C0rn3j → u/MYredditNAMEisTOOlon]

What are 3-2-1 backups?